The students used to be hardened veterans, or students of Grip of Earth Dojo who promised in sumai. They were taught deportment and the rituals that attended the sport. Being Sumai and wrestling for audiences of courtiers, they were also taught something of the courtier's art. The dojo produced more successful sumai wrestlers than any other in the Empire. [1] Some of the wrestlers who graduated from the Stone Tower later became influential courtiers for the clan. [2]